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Advances in Geroscience (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Advances in Geroscience (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new
scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the
molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is
the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the
elderly population. Over the past few decades, researchers have
made impressive progress in understanding the genetics, biology and
physiology of aging. This book presents vital research that can
help readers to better understand how aging is a critical malleable
risk factor in most chronic diseases, which, in turn, could lead to
interventions that can help increase a healthy lifespan, or
'healthspan.' The book begins with an analysis of the Geroscience
hypothesis, as well as the epidemiological underpinnings that
define aging as a candidate main risk factor for most chronic
diseases. Next, each chapter focuses on one particular disease, or
group of diseases, with an emphasis on how basic molecular and
cellular biology might explain why aging is a major risk factor for
it. Coverage in the book includes: cancer, cardiovascular disease,
dementias, stroke, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases,
osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes asthma, emphysema, kidney
disease, vision impairment, and AIDS/HIV. It finishes with a
chapter on pain in the elderly and an overview of future steps
needed to bring the newly acquired knowledge into the clinic and
the public at large.
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